What does it take to have courage and emotional strength to lead others? At its most basic level it takes several necessary ingredients: 1. To be aligned in Personal Integrity. 2. A Vision that emerges out of that place of Integrity. 3. An Awareness of your Duty to fulfill that Vision in order to maintain that Integrity. 4. A Commitment to that Duty. Well you may be thinking that I've got it backwords here, after all doesn't it take courage to do all of that? In fact the courage and emotional strength emerge as a result of following the steps above. Let me elaborate. To have Personal Integrity essentially means aligning yourself in everyway with your personal inner truth i.e. that inner emotional wisdom that is your reference point for all the decisions that you make. You see there must be such a reference point within for you to be able to gauge whether a decision you make is in your best interests or not. Without it you would be totally adrift with no way of knowing whether you were on the right track or not. If you sit with that inner wisdom in a state of quiet reflection you will begin to recognize which path is the right one for you to follow in any particular endeavor. All other paths will be automatically excluded because they simply will not feel right or resonate with you at a core emotional level. As you become aware of your path it comes into focus and becomes your Vision. It is what you were always meant to pursue. It has always been within you. When you recognize it you will likely start to feel peaceful, passionate, joyful, focused, clear, a desire to embrace it and unwavering in your desire to achieve it. That is because deep within you will know that this is what will lead to your sense of personal fulfillment. In addition, as you become aware of it you also begin to recognize that it is in fact your Duty to yourself to pursue it. That is because your entire sense of fulfillment depends on it. In your heart you will know emotionally that there is no other way. This awareness draws you into aligning your life with that Vision in such a powerful way that nothing can move you from it. Therein lays the Commitment to the Vision. In other words your felt desire or passion for that Vision is where the Commitment will spring from. As you make this internal alignment you will feel such a surge of inner strength and courage that you will likely feel your heart open up in a way you've never experienced before in your life. It will feel so uplifting that you may think that you've been lifted right off the ground. When you find yourself in this state others around you will feel the energy that you radiate in such a way that they will be drawn to it and feel buoyed up by it as well. It will remind them in some way of their own desire for what you are feeling. In fact it will help them realign with their own inner wisdom and all of that will set off a powerful positive chain reaction that will draw others in as well. The chain reaction that I'm talking about will in fact have the power to change fundamentally the nature of this reality in ways that are completely in alignment with our hearts' dreams for it. Isn't that what leadership was meant to be about, to help improve the nature of this reality? If you would like to be drawn into this powerful venture kindly visit the web link below and set an introductory consultation with me over the telephone. |
